Pargesia
Kingdom of Pargesia | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
Motto: "Voi site gioia è risu" "You are the joy and laughter" | |
Anthem: "Est Pargesia nunc unita" | |
| Location | Pargesia lies in the southern hemisphere as a part of Andolia. |
| Official languages | |
| Recognised regional languages | |
| Demonym(s) | Pargesian, Parrasicu (Andoli Serrian) |
| Government | |
• King | Rodolfo IV |
| Valter Renno | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| Chamber of Deputies | |
| History | |
• Constitution | February 22, 1901 |
| Population | |
• August 2020 estimate |  17,189,000 |
• 2019 census | 17,062,122 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total |  $609 billion (N/A) |
• Per capita |  $35,429.64 |
| Gini (2021) |  34.3medium |
| HDI (2021) | 0.846 very high |
| Currency | Pargesian lira (PAL) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | PRG |
Pargesia, formally the Kingdom of Pargesia, is a sovereign state in northern Andolia. Its lands connect the continents of Andolia and Cancodia, sharing transcontinental borders with Andolian countries Dolfik Kingsrike in the west and Alpengau in the south, and Cancodian countries in the east. In the north, its coast meets the Nuntic Ocean. As a geographical crossroads, numerous tribes settled in the area from all over the two continents. They were first united in circa 50 CE by Traestan. After centuries of Alpengauen, Dolfik, and Serrian rule, mostly assisted by the local Andoli Serrian aristocracy, Pargesia became independent on February 22, 1901.
Today, Pargesia has a developed market with a high human development index. Strict safety regulations, guaranteed economic freedoms, tuition-free secondary education, and universal healthcare significantly provide the citizens high standards of living. Although defined as a constitutional monarchy, its citizens lack the full benefits of democratic and civil society seen in most liberal democracies, leading some to describe the current regime as an "authoritarian democracy." Its aristocratic oligopolists controls various sectors of an otherwise diversified economy via cartel. With a significant rural population, it is a major exporter of agricultural goods. It is a member of the Nuntic Union and an active participant in the Nuntic Collective Security Umbrella.
Etymology and terminology
The name Pargesia originated from Parrhasius, a Traestani commander who united the territory in 50 AD. It was known as "Provincia Pargecia" in the Traestani Empire. When it was liberated by the Serrians from the Tergniyans in 1348, the First Kingdom emerged as "Regnum Pargecia." But in 1521, the kingdom was invaded by the Dolfik Kingsrike and Alpengau. They divided the state into Dolfik "Pargesia," referred to by historians as "North Pargesia," and Alpengauen "Parhasia" or "South Pargesia." The Third Pargesian Independence War reunited the two territories as "Principato di Pargezia" in personal union with Serria. In 1901, the newly-crowned King Oberto I of the newly-independent nation was proclaimed "Re di Pargezia."
History
Medieval period
Iconian crusaders that helped Serria in establishing the feudal order in Crusader Pargesia are also ancestors of some of the oldest noble families in modern-day Pargesia.